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Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
You’re going to think I’m crazy talking about taxes and it’s October. However,
preparation is the best way to pay the least amount of legal, legitimate tax
without getting into gray areas.
My guest,Barbara Weltman, wrote the book on legitimate tax strategies and she
shares some with you on this podcast…so you can be prepared for this season and
the changes coming in 2024.
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Ruth King
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
You’re going to think I’m crazy talking about taxes and it’s October. However,
preparation is the best way to pay the least amount of legal, legitimate tax
without getting into gray areas.
My guest,Barbara Weltman, wrote the book on legitimate tax strategies and she
shares some with you on this podcast…so you can be prepared for this season and
the changes coming in 2024.
Podcast Sponsor is Financially Fit Business - https://financiallyfit.business/
Ruth King
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Water heater training. Critical for proper installation, maintenance and service.
I had the opportunity to do a financial bootcamp training at the AO Smith training facility outside Nashville Tennessee and I was blown away by their training capabilities for hands on training and classroom training.
I asked members of the AO Smith training team to join me on Contractor Cents and explain how they help you be more effective and efficient…which improves your bottom line.
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Ruth King
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
What if all of your field service challenges were eliminated? How would that change your customer’s experience with your company?
My guest, Michael Israel, Head of Field Service Evangelism at Zuper, gives you some of the tools to eliminate those challenges.
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Ruth King
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Getting the phone to ring is critical to generating revenue. And I mean
phone calls from your current customers and potential customers. What are
the latest online trends and what platforms should you use to drive phone
calls?
Join John Victoria, founder of Polianna, who also wrote the book, 5 Secrets
None of Your Competitors Know that will win you more customers. You can
download it free from his website, polianna.net.
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Ruth King
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
How does contracting differ “Down Under?” Join John Skinner, who hosts the
popular Australian podcast – Crusting it in Construction.” John gives you
some of the things Australian companies have done to increase profits, grow
wealth, and get/retain employees.
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Ruth King
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
How does the person answering the telephone affect your company’s
revenues?
A lot! If that person sounds like “death warmed over” when she answers the
phone, you’ll experience many hang ups people not booking calls with your
company.
Join Todd Daganaar, CEO of Hometown Hero Appliance Repair, who grew his
business from 10 to over 50 employees, now in three locations, with the help
of Power Selling Pros (and he will tell you that he was one of the worst on
the phone when they began).
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Ruth King
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Happy Labor Day! In this podcast I give you the reason why our labor force
is perishable and four easy to implement procedures that will help increase
your labor productivity.
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Ruth King
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
What is a growth strategy that really works? We hear all the time about
someone using some fad that worked to grow his business. You wonder,
“will that work for me and should I try it?”
Stop guessing! Join John Lenker a marketing and growth strategist, who
discusses easy to implement ideas that can help you strategically you’re
your business.
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Ruth King
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Hiring provokes many discussions – “I can’t find anyone” or “ I hired
someone and that person lasted less than a week” or many other scenarios
where employees don’t stay.
In this two part series Ryan Englin, founder of Core Matters, explains how
the apple really describes your business culture, how to hire the ones you
won’t want to fire, and great questions to ask during interviews. And, go to
www.corematters.com to download his book and get that list of questions.
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Ruth King
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Hiring provokes many discussions – “I can’t find anyone” or “ I hired
someone and that person lasted less than a week” or many other scenarios
where employees don’t stay.
In this two part series Ryan Englin, founder of Core Matters, explains how
the apple really describes your business culture, how to hire the ones you
won’t want to fire, and great questions to ask during interviews. And, go to
www.corematters.com to download his book and get that list of questions.
Podcast Sponsor is Financially Fit Business - https://financiallyfit.business/
Ruth King
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Get the basics of pricing, profit and loss statements, balance sheets,
software, and more through the PHCC Boot Camp program and at the
association’s national meeting, CONNECT.
Heidi Salati, National Director of Education and Training, and Monica Roach,
Executive Director of PHCC Association of Orange, Riverside, and San
Bernadino Counties tell you how to take advantage of these programs, both
in person and on-line, that can propel your business to the next level.
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Ruth King
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
We live in buildings – our homes, our offices, our factories, our plants.
Making sure we stay comfortable in them can sometime be challenging –
plumbing issues, humidity issues, heat loss and heat gain issues…you know
the issues.
What if you could really solve these issues for your customers? They’d be
customers for life…and most will be less price sensitive.
Join Neil Freidberg, Building Science Manager at LP Building Solutions, will
help you with these building science issues.
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Ruth King
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Do your commercial customers hold you hostage? What do I mean? When you send out an invoice with net 30 terms, they ignore the terms and pay you when they want to – sometimes 60 days or later.
Join Lara Hodgson, founder and CEO of Now Accounts, who gives you the tool to avoid this situation and get paid quickly.
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Ruth King
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
You’re going to think that I’m crazy. Why? Because this podcast is about
training…yes, it’s the busy season. However, you should be thinking of
training even when it’s busy! No, you don’t have to, nor should you, send a
field employee to a two day class when the opportunity to maximize billable
hours is now. However, start thinking about what you CAN and should do from a training perspective…so that you are ready for fall and beyond.
Ken Midgett and Dan Clapper show you how 10 minutes a day can help
decrease mistakes and callbacks.
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Ruth King
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
What should you ask before hiring a digital marketing company to help you
build your business? What should you look for? What are the things you
should avoid? The warning signs that the company you choose might
“hijack” your website? And maybe most important, what time frame and results should you really expect when you hire a firm? Jennifer Bagley, CEO of CI Webb Group, has made it her mission to educate contractors on what they should ask before they hire a firm. Discover what she has to say.
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Ruth King
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Happy July 4 th in the United States and Happy July 1 st in Canada. Do you really
have freedom? Find out in this podcast.
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Ruth King
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
World Refrigeration Day celebrates the people and technologies responsible
for creating and maintaining the world we live in, a world dependent upon
temperature-controlled environments. The event is supported globally by
industry, professional groups, scientific and engineering associations, as well
as by governments and individuals. A. O. Smith’s Josh Greene, Vice President, Government and Industry Affairs,
discusses how their new product, the Voltex® ALhybrid electric residential
heat pump water heater (HPWH) is designed for you the contractor to help
consumers save money and protect the environment.
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Ruth King
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
We all know that we need social media in our businesses today. What if you
could set and forget it…and have it run automatically for you. It’s now possible
with Social Jazz. Paul Baccaro, Founder and CEO of Social Jazz, discusses this new software and how it might fit into your business.
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Ruth King
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
How many times do you avoid conversations because it will be a difficult
conversation? Do you dread them? Do you hate conversations with team
members who have “screwed up” and you have to have one of those “3 strikes
and you’re out” talks? How about a customer with a problem?
Scott Harvey gives you tools you can use to have those painful, difficult
conversations.
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Ruth King